Following the release of Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain a few weeks back, it seems that the game did very well in Japan in terms of its sales and came out on top during its launch week.

With the latest Japanese game charts listed over at Famitsu, Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain managed to sell 55,573 copies and topped the charts as a result.

To give some context to that figure, the recently released VR Labo Kit for the Switch came in second with 26,634 units sold.

Either way, the new Yuke’s developed Earth Defense Force spin-off game has done rather well in Japan. However, the main focus for Iron Rain was for it to appeal to a foreign audience, so on that count, it’s not clear how well it has done as yet.

Anyway, Iron Rain is a solid game and definitely one of the best spin-off games in the series and I hope it continues to do well.